PRESIDENT CLINTON NAMES BETTY EILEEN KING
AS U.S. REPRESENTATIVE FOR THE
ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COUNCIL OF THE UNITED NATIONS

President Clinton today announced his intent to nominate
Betty Eileen King, to be United States Representative on the
Economic and Social Council of the United Nations, with the rank
of Ambassador.

Ms. King, of Bethesda, Maryland, has been an assistant professor
at the University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff; the Director of the
Arkansas Office on Aging; the Executive Director of the Southwest
Society on Aging; and the Deputy Commissioner of the Commission on
Mental Health Services in the District of Columbia. She is currently
a Vice President of the Annie E. Casey Foundation, an independent
philanthropic organization dedicated to the welfare of disadvantaged
children and families.

Ms. King earned her B.A. in Psychology from the University of
Windsor, Ontario, Canada, her M.A. in Sociology from the State
University of New York at Stony Brook, and studied Gerontology at
the University of Michigan. She was also a National Endowment for
the Humanities fellow at Harvard University.